The Washington critic., 1887-03-24
OUR STREET RAILWAYS.
now to Reach All Portions OF til,
National Capital.

Fare for each person on all lines, > cents.
Tickets are sold by driver or conductor OF
all cars, for % cents, good on any line,
WashinRton and Georgetown Railroad-Starts
Ut Georgetown, corner OF High street, down
Bridge street, across Rock Creek, east along
Pennsylvania avenue, passing circle con.
tanning Mills statue of Washington; Cor
coran Gallery state Warand Navy Depart
nonts; Presidents House, lafayette Square,
containing Mills equestrian statue Of An
drew jackson; Department OF Justice (halt
Ing ut Flitt enth street, where transfers are
given to Fourteenth street Branchl Fifteenth
street, past Riggs House and Treasury De-
pnrtmont; again down Pennsylvania avenue
by Willard'sand other hotels, and through
the principal business portion Of the city,
crossing seventh street west at Center
Market (wherc transfers are given TO the
seventh Street Branch, going north toward
Boundary street or south TO Potomac River,
nast botanical Gardens TO Naval Monument
thcre transfers are given to branch running
to Baltimore and Ohio Railroad depot, as.
ctndng south side Of Capitol Hill, contin'
uing along u street south TO Pennsylvania
avenue, turning into Eighth street east, past
the Marine Barracks to Navy Yard gate.
Returning, same route and conditions.
Fourteenthstreet Branch - Starts at New
York avenue and Fifteenth street west, out
Fourtccnth street 10 boundary, passing
Franklin Square and Thomas Statue. Re
turning, same route. Transfers given to and
from main or Avenue limo. Connects with
cars TO Mount Pleasant every half hour.
rare, cents hOultlOnal.
Seyenth.street Branch-Starts at Boundary
and rms due south across the city along
Seventh street west, passing Mount Vernon
Square, Patent and Postoiices,. odd.Fcl.
lows Hall, crossing. Pennsylvania avenue
at Genre Market and City Postofiice (whero
transfers are given TO the main or Avenue
line), continuing across the Mall, past the
Smithsonian Institution and National Mu-
scum, to the wharves Of the Mount Vernon.
Norfolk and other steamers and Alexandria
ferry. Returning, same route,
Metropolitan Railway Leaving Georgetown,
where II makes u circuit of West, High,
fnyctte, Second, Dumbarton and Mont
goncry streets, passing near Georgetown
COLLEGE, Academy of the Visitation, High
Service Reservoir, and oak Illl Cemetery,
over Rock Creek to = street north, thence
tal residences of tile West End, including
that Of the British ministers; along Seven
teenth street west to u street north. Four
teonth street TO +, passing Wlllard's and the
Ebbitt House, crossing Ninth street (where
transfers are given To the Nmtl,street
Branch), past the Patent and Post Offices,
to Fifth street, TO Louisiana avenue, passing
Judiciary Square, City Hall, and Lincoln
Monument; Indiana avenue To G street, by
the Baltimore and Ohio depot to Delaware
avenue, to u street north, to First street
east, thence along East Capitol street to An
coin Park. Returning. same route going
west, except along New Jersey avenue and
d street instead Of Indiana avenue.
Cars also leave the west front Of the State,
War and Navy Departments at conyenient
intervals, connecting with above line at
Seventeenth and II streets.
Ninth street Branch Starts at northern ter.
minus of seventh street west (whcre II con
meets with Silver Springs Brancln, diyerging
70 Ninth street, thence. south, passing
Mount Vernon Square, Masonic Temple,
Patent and POstotiiccs at + street (whcre
transfers are given To main linc east or
VEST, thence TO u street, passing Centre
Market and Baltimore and Potomac Depot.
sixth strpst an Missouri n EpuF.
and.a'hulf street, thence to the Arsenal
River. Returning by same route.
| Silver Springs BranCh-Starts from northern
terminus of Ninth.street Branch, following
Seventh street road, past Howard Unlvcr'
sity and SchuetZon Park, to entrance TO
grounds of Soldiers Home. Returning,
same route.
Columbia Rallway-starts at Fifteenth street
west, southeast of Treasury Department,
along New York avenue to its intersection
with Massachusetts avenue at Seventh
street; thence on Massachusetts avenue to
II street north, past tho Government Print
Ing ohlce TO Boundary, and beginning OF
Baltimore turnpike and Benning's Bridge
road. Returning, same route.
| North Capitol and Street tor Belt Railroad
Starts from Maryland avenue and Four
| and.a.half street, thence east to First west,
| north to q street, west to Fourth street
north TO y street, west To Eleventh street
south to street north, west To Fourteenth
| Street,, hOlln 10 tUlO avenue, tttsl u
Twelfth street. south to Virginia avenue
and east TO starting point. Returning, same
| route, except passing east over y instead o
| 7 street.
| This line also has short connecting roads run
| ming TO the Centre Market, Potomac rivel
| steamboat wharvcs, Bureau of Engraving
and Printing. Washington Monument anC
Eleventh and Boundary.
| Anacostia Railroad Starting from foot o
Seventh street, along NJ street south
| past navy-yard gate. TO Twelfth street east
| and over the Anacostia Bridge to Union
town and the Government Hospital for tn,
| Insane. Returning, same route. Transfers
[. and from Avenue Line or Sevenfh.stree
Branch Washington and Georgetown Rail
| road, 3 cents.
| Hcrdic coaches are running from the Navy
| Yard via Pennsylvania avenue to Twenty
second and q streets northwest. Fare,
cents; six tickets for - cents. Horse'Ca
tickets are also received as fare.
| Herdc cabs are run TO any part of the city
Fare, 25 cents, within mile; IS cents pc
hour for one passenger; 81 per hour 70
more than one. Stands, East Capitol from
and Pennsylvania avenue and Seventh
street northwest.